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N-COUNT
纏結;糾結;亂糟糟的一團
A tangle of something is a mass of it twisted together in an untidy way.
例句
A tangle of wires is all that remains of the computer and phone systems...
原來的計算機和電話系統如今只剩下亂糟糟的一團電線。
There he stood: hair in wild tangles, dark stubble shadowing his chin.
他站在那兒,頭發亂成一團,下巴上一片黑胡茬。
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V-ERG
(使)纏繞;(使)纏結
If something is tangled or tangles, it becomes twisted together in an untidy way.
例句
Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown...
動物被纏進漁網里淹死了。
She tried to kick the pajamas loose, but they were tangled in the satin sheet...
她想把睡衣踢脫,可是它卻和緞子床單絞到了一塊。
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N-SING
混亂;紛亂;亂成一團
You can refer to a confusing or complicated situation as a tangle .
例句
I was thinking what a tangle we had got ourselves into.
我在想,我們卷入了怎樣的紛爭之中。
...the tangle of domestic politics.
國內政局的錯綜復雜
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VERB
(思想、局勢變得)紛亂,混亂
If ideas or situations are tangled, they become confused and complicated.
例句
The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling...
馬赫福茲先生講述的故事過于宏大,主題有些混亂了。
You are currently in a muddle where financial and emotional concerns are tangled together.
你眼下頭腦不清了,對于金錢和感情的憂慮交織在了一起。